creating your first blog with blogger is
simple and can be a lot of fun let's get
started
first go to WWE are calm if you don't
already have a Google account such as a
gmail account click on get started here
you will need to fill in a few pieces of
information like your email address once
done click continue and we will create
an account for you if you already have a
Google account go ahead and enter your
email address and password and sign in
next you'll be asked to pick your
display name this is the name others
will see when you publish your posts and
can be anything you like you're now
ready to create your blog click on the
create your blog Now button
pick a name and address for your blog
and then click check availability once
you've found one click continue next
pick a template for your blog and click
continue that's it congratulations you
now have a blog now let's create your
first post by clicking on start blogging
start by putting in a title for your
post and then writing some text
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you can use the blogger editor to format
the look and feel of your content to add
photos click on the image icon in the
toolbar from here you can upload photos
or link to photos in Picasa or on the
web let's look at uploading files click
Choose files and select the images from
your computer once the files have been
uploaded click Add selected your
pictures will appear inside your blog
post and you can easily add captions
under your photos as well as change
their size once you're done with your
post you can choose to preview how it
will look save it for later
or publish it congratulations your first
blog post is now published the final
thing we'll look at in this video is
changing the overall look and feel of
your blog click on the design link at
the top of your blog and then template
designer the bottom half of your screen
will show you what your blog currently
looks like you can expand this at any
time to get a full window view the first
thing to do is pick a template have fun
and play around with as many of them as
you like no changes will be applied to
your blog until you explicitly say so
you can also change the background image
of your blog to any image pick from our
gallery or upload your own image
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lay out lets you move around the
different elements of your blog and
adjust widths let you decide how wide
you want them to be the Advanced tab
lets you customize fonts and colors
they're really an infinite number of
ways you can make your blog look so take
your time finding something right for
you when you're ready click apply to
blog and that's all there is to it
we hope you enjoy using blogger visit
blogger com2 get started today
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